Busy weekend…
I went to the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Saturday which was awesome. Lots of high level sports owners, managers, and commentators talking about how statistics and detailed analysis have changed the face of professional sports. The highlight for me was a panel with Bill Simmons (Sports Guy), Mark Cuban (Owner of the Dallas Mavericks), Jonathan Kraft (Owner of the Patriots), Bill Polian (President of the Colts), Daryl Morey (Rockets General Manager), and Michael Lewis (Author of Moneyball) all on stage together. They covered a lot of ground but the best conversation was about the decision of Bill Belichick to go for it on fourth down in the regular season Pats – Colts game this year. Kraft and Polian were being polite but Simmons was openly critical of the call. Mark Cuban was also not shy about everything from front office decisions of other NBA teams to league officiating. Saturday night I celebrated my 30th birthday with dinner and drinks on the town.
Sunday Kerin took me to a nice dinner with just the two of us followed by the annual two class LGO hockey game. Everyone had a good time with the 2011s winning 3-1 over the 2010s.
The future class of 2012 also started getting phone calls this weekend to let them know they’ve been accepted so I’m looking forward to meeting them in April. This is the last week of class before spring break which means 10 days until I leave for a China / Japan trek. And last but not least Mustache March is in full swing.
